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Month: May 2016

May 27, 2016November 21, 2016Lorraine Escher

Overcoming seasickness and ditching Dramamine

May 25, 2016May 25, 2016Lorraine Escher

Departure checklist for leaving an anchorage

May 22, 2016May 22, 2016Lorraine Escher

Abraham’s Bay, Mayaguana

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016Lorraine Escher

Duncan Town, Ragged Island

May 1, 2016May 1, 2016Lorraine Escher

Swimming with a wild dolphin (with video)

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  • 800 nautical miles from Grenada to Haiti

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Recent Posts

  • Humble seamstress beginnings: repairing a pillow case on our Sailrite (industrial) sewing machine
  • Life raft gear: what if you were not rescued, how long could you survive?
  • Don’t mess with a missionary, man – Ile a Vache, Haiti
  • Give me Voodoo: fear and fascination as a cruiser in Haiti (with bonus dream sequence)
  • 800 nautical miles from Grenada to Haiti

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  • Four kids aboard
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